Ezekiel 27:2

Bishop's Bible

O thou sonne of man, take vp a lamentable complaint vpon Tyre,

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
"Son of man, sing this sad song about Tyre.

New Living Translation
"Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

New American Standard Bible
"And you, son of man, take up a song of mourning over Tyre;

New Century Version
"Human, sing a funeral song for the city of Tyre.

New English Translation
"You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.

Update Bible Version
And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

Webster's Bible Translation
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;

Amplified Bible
"Now you, son of man, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for Tyre,

English Standard Version
"Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,

World English Bible
You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he seide, Therfor thou, sone of man, take weilyng on Tire.

English Revised Version
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;

Berean Standard Bible
"Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

American Standard Version
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

Bible in Basic English
And you, son of man, make a song of grief for Tyre;

Complete Jewish Bible
"You, human being, raise this lament for Tzor;

Darby Translation
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

King James Version (1611)
Now thou sonne of man, take vp a lamentation for Tyrus;

New Life Bible
"Son of man, sing a song of sorrow over Tyre.

New Revised Standard
Now you, mortal, raise a lamentation over Tyre,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Sonne of ma, take vp a lametation for Tyrus,

George Lamsa Translation
Now, Son of man, make a lamentation over Tyre;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou, therefore, son of man, Take up over Tyre a dirge;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou therefore, O son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre:

Revised Standard Version
"Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor;

Good News Translation
"Mortal man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

Christian Standard Bible®
“Now, son of man, lament for Tyre.

Hebrew Names Version
You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tzor;

King James Version
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

Lexham English Bible
"And you, son of man, raise a lament against Tyre.

Literal Translation
And you, son of man, lift up a lament in Tyre.

Young's Literal Translation
`And thou, son of man, lift up concerning Tyre a lamentation, and thou hast said to Tyre:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O thou sonne off ma, make a lamentable coplaynte vpon Tyre,

New King James Version
"Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

Legacy Standard Bible
"Now as for you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre

Contextual Overview

¹ The worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying: ² O thou sonne of man, take vp a lamentable complaint vpon Tyre, ³ And say vnto Tyre that is situate at the entry of the sea, whiche is the mart of the people for many iles, thus sayth the Lorde God O Tyre, thou hast sayde, I am of perfite beautie. ⁴ Thy borders are in the mids of the seas, thy buylders haue made perfite thy beautie. ⁵ They haue made all thy [ship] bordes of firre trees of Shenir, from Libanus haue they taken Cedar trees to make thee mastes: ⁶ And the Okes of Basan to make thee ores, they haue made thy benches of iuory, gotten in Assyria, brought out of the iles of Chittim. ⁷ Fine linnen with broidred worke out of Egypt was spread ouer thee to be thy sayle: blewe silke and purple out of the iles of Elishah was thy couering. ⁸ The inhabitours of Sidon and Aruad were thy mariners: and thy wise men O Tyre, that were in thee, were thy shipmaisters. ⁹ The auncient and wyse men of Gebal were in thee, thy stoppers of chinkes: all shippes of the sea with their shipmen were in thee, to occupie thy marchaundise. ¹⁰ The Perses, Lydians, and Phutens were in thy armies, thy men of warre: these haged vp their shieldes & helmets in thee, these set foorth thyne honour.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 27:32, Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 28:12, Ezekiel 32:2, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 9:17-20, Amos 5:1, Amos 5:16

Cross-References

Genesis 47:29
When the tyme drewe nye that Israel must dye, he sent for his sonne Ioseph and sayde vnto him: If I haue founde grace in thy syght, oh put thy hande vnder my thygh, and deale mercifully and truly with me, that thou bury me not in Egypt.

Genesis 48:21
And Israel said vnto Ioseph: behold I dye, & God shalbe with you, & bryng you againe vnto ye land of your fathers.

1 Samuel 20:3
And Dauid sware againe, and sayde: Thy father knoweth that I haue found grace in thyne eyes, & therfore he thinketh, Ionathan shall not knowe it, lest he be sory: And in very deede, euen as the Lorde lyueth, and as thy soule liueth, there is but a steppe betweene me and death.

Proverbs 27:1
Make not thy boast of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring foorth.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome.

Isaiah 38:1
About this tyme was Hezekia sicke vnto death, and the prophete Esai the sonne of Amos came vnto hym, and sayde, Thus commaundeth the Lorde: Set thyne house in order, for thou must dye, and shalt not escape.

Isaiah 38:3
And sayde: Remember O Lorde I beseche thee, that I haue walked before thee in trueth and a stedfast heart, & haue done the thyng that is pleasaunt to thee. And Hezekia wept sore.

Mark 13:35
Watche ye therfore, (for ye knowe not whe the maister of the house wyl come, at euen, or at mydnyght, whether at the cocke crowyng, or in the dawnyng.)

James 4:14
And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe. For what thyng is your lyfe? It is euen a vapour, that appeareth for a litle tyme, and then he vanisheth away.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus. Compose an elegy, and sing it; make a mournful noise, and deliver out a funeral ditty; such as the "praeficae", or mournful women, made at funerals, in which they said all they could in praise of the dead, and made very doleful lamentations for them: this the prophet was to do in a prophetic manner, for the confirmation of what was prophesied of by him; and it may teach us, that even wicked men are to be pitied, when in distress and calamity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 27:2. Take up a lamentation for Tyrus — This is a singular and curious chapter. It gives a very circumstantial account of the trade of Tyre with different parts of the world, and the different sorts of merchandise in which she trafficked. The places and the imports are as regularly entered here as they could have been in a European custom-house.